I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 57214
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Scott opened the Silver Door and found himself in a great round room. In
an instant, Transversal shock set in. Scott knew with certainty that the
door he had passed through was som sort of Einstein-Rosen Bridge, a quantum
wormhole in the fabric of Spacetime. He gazed about the enormous chamber.
Scott felt that this point in Reality itself was of incredible significance
and began to sweat. The room was filled with people, animals, creatures,
and things. The room itself was elaborate, as though made for the gods
themselves. Only one silver door existed in the room, the very door through
which he had entered. In the center of the room, was a curious, shining
puddle of light. Suddenly, a young, unremarkable looking man walked forward and announced himself. He had been chatting with a man who appeared to be the very image of James Bond, Ian Fleming's fictional character. The handsome, athletic man said "Scott! I am glad you are finally here! Now listen, Scott, what I have to say is very important. My name is Bruce. You may, or may not already know me, depending upon precisely WHICH Scott you in fact actually ARE." Scott started to speak, but Bruce pushed on: "Scott, this may sound a bit confusing but I think you will catch on immediately. This room is a kind of 'reality nexus', a hub around which reality itself revolves. You may or may not also know this as well; in fact you may even have been here before! "Now Scott," continued Bruce, "You, me, and all these beings are part of a great, fragmented web of whathaveyou. Although you may find it hard to accept, we all exist within a strange fiction, created by beings beyond our understanding at present. These beings have so contrived things that a vast number of Parallel Causal Corridors; 'storylines' if you prefer; have been set streaming across the wide realm of all possibility. All these Causal Corridors, save but a few, eventually meet HERE, in this room. This Room is a focus for many, many Paths through Spacetime." "But what about the puddle?" asked Scott. "The Puddle of Light is the only exit from this room. Where it leads, no one but you may find out. That's why we have all been waiting for you. "Everyone in this room," explained Bruce, "is someone involved in one or more of the many alternate lives that have culminated in your arrival within this room." "But I have led only one life. I am me! Scott Alan Childers alias Scott Raymond Chen!" replied Scott "I couldn't have multiple lives, I'm only one person!" "Scott, it only seems so to you. To us, there are many, many Scotts, but all of them eventually become you, and enter this room and speak to me." Bruce smiled. "But Bruce," Scott was very curious now "How did this happen? How did these Beings or whatever make everything come together, right here, right now?" "Well Scott," Bruce shifted his weight to his other foot "These beings simply used the 'advanced functions' to 'link' every other Worldline to this room. Simple, really" "This makes no sense to me," Scott shook his head. "I don't understand." "You do not have to understand, Scott," Bruce smiled again. "You merely have to keep doing whatever you want. When you finally enter the Puddle of Light, the whole Process will begin again. Think of this place as a universal bottleneck, a place to tie up loose ends. You will understand, in time." Scott looked about the room at the hundreds of beings. Zebroids, Fairies, Pudding Monsters, old men quoting Lao Tsu, British agents, and oh so many more. "Oh my!" said Scott.
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Ben McClellan
3/5/2006 1:08:38 AM
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